Knockdown car.



A. E. USTRANDER.

KNOGKDOWN GAR.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY s, 1912.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

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KNoGKDoWN GAR;

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3, 1912. 1,1 22,41 1 Patented Dec. 29,1914

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ATTORNEY A. E. OSTRANDER.

KNOGKDOWN CAR.

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WITN ESSES A. E. OSTRANBR.

KNOCKDOWN OAR,

APPLICATION FILED JULY s, 1912.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

ATTORNEY A. E. OSTRANDER.

KNOGKDOWN GAR. APPLIGATION FILED. JULY s, 1912.

Patented Dec. .29, 1914.

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A. E. 0STRANDER.

KNOGKDOWN GAR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY s, 1912.

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AUmfrnn sra'rns rA'rEN'r onricn ALLEN OSTRANDER, OF RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T'O AMERICAN CAR AND -IEOUNDIR'Y COMPANY, 0F ST. LOUIS. `MISSOURI, A CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

KNOCKDOWN CAR.

To all whom it may concern.'

-Be it known that I, ALLEN E. Os'rRANnER, residing at Ridgewood, Bergen county, New.`

Jersey, and beingl a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knockdown Cars, of which the following isa full, clear, and eX- act description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to .make'and to use the same, reference being had to the accompanying dra-wings, which illusf trate the preferred form of the invention;

' though it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to'the exact ,details of construction -shown and described, as it is obvious that various modifications thereof will occur to persons skilledin the art.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is an elevational view of a lcompleted car. Fig. 2 is an elevationalA view of the principal frame members of one side of the car with the 1n- V' ner'sheathing in position., Fig. 3 is reproduction on a largerscale of the right-hand portion of the structure shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the structure shown in elevation in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary reproduction of one side wall,

including the door framing and splice mem! 5 bers, hereinafter more specifically described.

. Fig. 11 isl a similar view, the section being,

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 5, with parts of theJ splice lplates broken away. Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view, the section being taken on line u v entering into the car forming the subjectmatter of this application will be .herein- 7, 7 of Fig. 5..l Fig. 8 is asimilar section taken on line 8, 8 of Fig. 5,1 and looking in direction of arrow. Fig. 9 is a view show- -ingin horizontal section the side wall con-' lFig-10 is a vertical sectional ,.view, the section being taken on line 10, 10 of Fig. 5.

taken on line 11, 11 of Fig. 5 through the side wall, showing the connection of said y v sembled in the shops of the car builder for side Wall to a contiguous part of the underframe, and'` Fig. l2 is a view taken on the same section through the side wall, with the underframe parts detached.' Fig. 13 is an end elevational view of the car. Fig. 14: is a fragmentary View of a portion of the end of the side wall-looking from the right- Specication of Letters Patent.

hand side of Fig. 13, and is an amplificationof the car, and Fig. 16 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 16, 16 of Fig. 13, the section being Itaken through the corner angle, vthrough the end sheathing and sidev sheathing and through the inner corner post.

` Fig. 17 is a plan view showing the arrangement of the parts of the .under-frame; the floor sheets, the transversely extending splice plates, the bolster cover'plates and the center sill cover plate, parts being broken away for clearness of illustration,

i and the left-hand portion of the underframe being separated to show the i'iianiier of connecti on of the two end portions of the underframe with'the middle portion of said underframe. view taken on line 18, 18 of Fig. 20. Fig. 19 is a longitudinal sectional view projected in Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

g ApplicationiledV July 3,1912. Serial No. 707,592.

Fig; 18 is a transverse sectional two planes'on the line 19, 19 of Fig. 20. A

' Fig. 20 is a'reproducti'on on a larger scale of the right-hand end portion of Fig. 17, with parts of the floor plates broken away and with portions of the center sills and side sills in section. Fig. 21 is a side elevational view of the structure shown `in Fig. 20, and

Fig. 22 is an end elevational view of the end sill of the car. Y

The form and location of the several parts event of repairs, and with the parts entering into the vstructure so arranged and proportionecl that the car may be temporarily asiiispection, after which the car may be separated into a multitude of composite units,

which are so arranged that they may be packed. for shipment in the holds of seagoing vessels for transportation to the country where the cars are to be used, and for trans- Lize-,4.1i- L edge of the nextsheet just back' off theboll sters; that is, at vthe innerl edges-ofthe end plates12, saidfpl'ates are connected to the next" adjacent plates by' means of commercially rolled angles 21. '1 (See Fig..v 19). I Thehori zontal legs of these angles are rivetedv to the floor sheets 15, 16 and 12, and are closelyjuxtaposed, and the verticalv legsv of said angles aresecured-together by through rivets uniting said" angles and throu hv said angles uniting the floor sheets'be orere-v .ferred to. lAtvother points, if. desired, the

abutting edges of sheets 15,15 andv 16,A 16 may be connected by splice plates; overlapping the meeting edges'of suoli floorplates.

As before indicated, the side framing of;

I This post is formed ofa commercially ,'vided a supplemental brace and s licingrolled Z-section, and likewise the other ver.-

tical posts 31 and the diagonal braces. 32-are all' commercially rolledv Z-sections, which are properly connected atftheir top by angular gusset plates 33 and 34, with a longitudinally extending Z-shaped rolled section 35," which section 35 forms-what is commonly known as the. side plate of the carbody. The' side plate 35, like the bottom angle 36, which ris formed as a part of the car wall, is discontinuous. The side plate 35,'

however, terminates in alinement with the inner edge of the vertical post 31, which,

withits companion post 31V at the opposite sideof the door opening 40, serves as a part of the door frame. The bottom angle 36 extends, as shown in Fig. 5, below this door opening 40, and to the middle portion thereof, where it `meets a corresponding angle projecting from the opposite end of the car,`

these bottom angles 36 being spliced and secured together by `asupplemental rolled angle shape 41, which, as shown in Fig. 10 in full lines and in Fig. 5 in dotted lines, is riveted to the vertical and horizontal legs of the `lmeeting angles 36, before referred to, and

within the door vopening there is also promember 42, 'which is preferably ormed from a bent plate of'substantially inverted U-shape, as best shown. 1n'section in Fig. 10,

Vand it is tobe noted that withinthe space occupied bythe door opening, thefloor sheets 15 and 16 project outwardly, as shown in Fig. 10, soas to overlap and reinforce vthe member 42, and said .reinforcing member and the projecting ends 'of the floor sheet 16 angle brackets 44',(see Fig. 10), which angle brackets are lriveted directly to the web of 42 is indicatedin dotted lines in Fig. 9.

are-reinforcedand supported in positionl by the pos'ts'31. The pressed reinforcing plate Referring to'Figs. 5,' 6, 7 and 8 it isto be noted thatA 4the side plates 3 5.' terminate at the. door posts 31,; and spanning the door opening is a rolled angle section 46? Lap-v ping the side plates 35 and connected directly to said'sideplates 35 and said angle 4 6 is aZ-shaped section 47, which 'serves .as-

a track or'support, upon which is mounted -the running gearor bracket of the sliding` door 1 48. The Vmember 47 is preferably bossed as shown at 49 at convenient intervals tof 'stiiienl said plate, and itis to be noted that'tlie vertical leg 50 is Wider than the outstanding' vertical leg 51, so as toafford sufficient area to -'permit proper rivet connection of said portion 50 with the side plates 35 and with said angle 46, before referred to. 4

Supplementing the splice vconnection formed bythe Amember 47, before referred to, the Vangle 46 is connected' with the side pla-tes 35 by a. pair of splice plates 52,'one vat each side of the middle portion of the door opening, and said splice plates 52 are formed fromV a pressedy plate, which is emsecured by4 direct rivet connection with the top flanges ofthe angle 46. vThis splicing of the bottom angles 36 andthe top members 35, or`side plates, permits the manufacturer to form the side wallsof the caras indicated, each vside being formed of the two princlpal frame sections, which are united a'sv deioo l scribed., and the member serving as a splice,

or connector (the member 47 serves as a support or trackway 'for the sliding door of the car, and as the upper chord or member 35 is in compression, it is evident that tlie angle 46 being interposed, as shown in Fig. 5, serves as a suiiicient reinforce when united to the otherfparts, as'liereinbefore described.

To stiffen the side framing, the flanged gusset plates 34 are riveted through 4their outstanding-flanges directlylto tliewebs of the Z-shaped members 31 and 32,' and are also connected by direct rivet connectionL with the outstanding flange of the side plate 35, before referred to, as best shown in Fig. 3. yThis Vis also true of the-triangular gusset 33, which unites the post 30l with said slde plate 35. At the bottom said side post'sanddiagonal's-SO, 31 and 32 are riveted directly te the side .'angl'es 36, and-intermediate'the members 35 and 36, sheathing 55 is secured 'by direct rivet connection to the flanges 56 Lof the saidZ-shaped side frame members.

Refer-ringnow to Figs. 13, 14 and'15 :Re fer'ring tothe details illustrated in these figuresitlis`-to be noted that the angle 7 beforereferre'd to, is directly `coI 1nect ed w 1th the angle member 59, provided with outist standing flanges 60, and the vertically disposed Z-sections 56 are directly connected with the angle 7 and the angle 59 at'the bottom, and are connected with the side plate 57 at the top. Lapping the end walls 55 and side walls of the car are corner angles 61, within which angles 61 are positioned vertical posts 62, between which members 61 and 62 the wall lplates 55 are extended, as shown in Fig. 16, and said Vwall plates are connected directly to the angles 61, being also connected with said posts 62. Connecting the end plate 57 with the side plates .35 are angle brackets 63, which are riveted directly to the end plates 57 and to the verticalfwebs of the angle plates 35.

' pole pockets 75 and the striking casting 76,

and it is to be noted that the rivets -passing through the flanges of saidpush pole pockets and striking casting and through the angle 59, are shown in the drawing as in position. "'llo be more specific, the rivets 77 -aresliown in position, while the rivets in l the two horizontal lines above the space occupied by the rivets 77 are omitted. This forthe reason that such omitted rivets when placed in position will pass through the-vertical leg of the angle7, which. is shipped as -a part of` the underfraine, andfsaid rivets Connecting the pushpole pockets and angle 7 are-left tov be driven in the field.

As the large angle 59.. s riveted directly to the outer face of the. angle 7 ofthe underframe, it is necessary to supply a filler strip,

which is indicated at 79 in 1F ig. 13, `to provide a lush service between the end wall and the outer faceof the bottom angle 59.

vlil/'hat ll claim is:

l. A lmock-down car comprising major portions includinga divided underframe, a

body framing including walls, said underframe including two ends and a central section, the said walls including a pair of end Wal-ls and a pair of sidewalls, each of said side/walls including two combinations of elements,`v all of said portions beingadapted to be assembled with a minimum number of 'fastening parts to form a'ear.

2. A 'railroad car, comprising a plurality of shipping parts, said parts comprising a pairof onepiece end walls, ltwo pairs of side walls and a three-section underframe,

each sectionv carrying a section," of the car floor.

3. A railroad car, comprising a plurality of shipping parts, said parts comprising a pair of one-piece end walls, two pairs oit side walls and a three-section underframe, each 'section carrying a portion of lthe car Hoor, and means carried by said parts for uniting the same to form the completed car.

4. ln a car, the combination of a plurality of shipping units, said units comprising a pair of end walls each including an end plate and body .posts and a pair of side walls, each side wall including a discontinuous sidewall and bottom angle, and means uniting said plates and angles to form the side walls and means uniting the units to form a car wall.

5. A side wall for cars including a discontinuous side plate, a door lintel uniting said side plate, a discontinuous bottom angle, a portion of which constitutes the bottom door forming member, means uniting the parts of said angle and braced sheeting connecil ing said -side plate at said angle to form said wall portions on opposite sides of the door.

6. ln a car, the combination of a side plate, a sill extending parallel with and beyond'one end of said plate, a door side form- `ing post connecting said end of the side plate with said sill intermediate. of its length, the extension of said sill forming a bottom door frame member and 'a lintel member attached to said plate.

7. In a lmock-down car, a three-part underframe, means fastening said parts in position, in combination with atwo-part side `wall, means for fastening said side wall in position in staggered relation relative to the fastening means between the `underl'rame sections, whereby thefastened portions of the car are spaced longitudinally along the length of the car.

8. ln a knock-down car comprising a divided underframe and a divided side wall, the dividing line between the parts of said underfranieV being spaced longitudinally from the dividing line between parts of the wall, whereby` in the completed car there is-a continuous `longitudinal member passing through all transverse planes.

9. As an article of manufacture, a single side sheeting, a side plate bounding the upper edge of saidsheeting and of aJ length substantially `equal to the length of said edge, aside anglebounding the lower edge of said sheet and extending beyond the same to form a portion of a door frame.

v 10. ln a car wall, a pair of spaced apart posts forming part of a door frame, a side plate extending outwardly from each post,

' a member connecting said posts and forming a. continuation of each of said plates anda part of the door frame, and a bottom angle .projecting from each vpost toward the other to form a bottoni member of the door frame.

11. ln a car construction, a two-part bottom angle, an angle.connecting the parts of sov ' said bottom angle,

connected to each part of said bottom angle and a supplemental brace and splice member connecting the parts of said side angle.

12. In a car, a discontinuous bottom angle, a section uniting the adjacent ends offsaid angle and a floor plate forming an additional connecting mea-ns for said bottom angle.

l13. In a. car, a door frame composed of side posts, of adjacent ends of a discontin-v uous bottom angle, a connecting member for Said angle forming a bottom door frameA member, a floor plate projecting over said member and between said posts and atop door frame member.

14; In a car construction, the combmation 4apart members, members, a pa1r f a side plate comprising spaced members, a Z-s'ection connecting said meinbers, said section having a flange adapted to support door roller mechanism and a depending lange adaptedhto guide a door in position.

15. In a car, a side plate comprising spaced an angle connecting said of spaced splice plates, one securing each end of said angle with the adjacent end of one of said members.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: GEORGE F. MAUD,

R. H. y'DAvmIPoR'L ALLEN E. OSTRANDER.l 

